Williams Divorce and Family Law
Attorney Gerald O. Williams has devoted himself exclusively to the practice of divorce and family law since 1993. He is a board member of the Minnesota Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and a fellow in the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Gerald represents clients in matters that include divorce, child custody, visitation, child support, spousal maintenance, paternity, grandparent rights and third party custody. He is also very experienced in representing clients in interstate and international custody, marriage dissolutions and related issues.
Mr. Williams' law practice includes collaborative law and alternative dispute resolution, advising clients in mediation, arbitration, Early Neutral Evaluation, Financial Early Neutral Evaluation and cases involving Consensual Special Magistrates.
Mr. Williams is the author of the first Minnesota divorce and family law blog in the state. Recent highlights from the blog are always included in the lower right hand corner. Suggestions for topics are always welcome.
We are located in Woodbury, Minnesota and also have access to conference rooms in Bloomington, Edina, downtown Minneapolis, and St. Louis Park. We would be happy to meet you in any of the locations. We represent clients in Minneapolis/St. Paul, throughout seven metro area counties, in district courts throughout the State of Minnesota, and in family law appeals before the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Minnesota.
Gerald O. Williams
Gerald has once again been named a "Superlawyer" by his peers and Minnesota Law and Politics Magazine.
Minnesota Divorce Blog
Woodbury, Minnesota divorce attorney, Gerald Williams, shares insights gained while practicing exclusively divorce and family law since 1993.
Moving Out of State With Minor Children
by Gerald Williams
11 Jun 2009 at 8:41pm
One important change in Minnesota law in recent years pertains to changing the state of residence of minor children. Previously, Minnesota was one of a minority of U.S. states to allow a custodial parent to move with a child to...
Joint Custody and Child Support
by Gerald Williams
26 May 2009 at 8:45pm
Under the Minnesota child support law that has been in effect since 2007, the amount of child support is based on both parents' incomes. There is a guideline table in the statute that provides a set amount of base support...
Don't Take (All) the Money and Run
by Gerald Williams
6 May 2009 at 7:31pm
At the outset of a divorce, should you clean out the joint account? Or should you refrain from cleaning out the joint account, just to see the account cleaned out by your ex? Suppose there is $10,000 in the account....
Moving Out of State With the Children
by Gerald Williams
27 Apr 2009 at 5:57pm
When one parent wants to move out of state, with the children, a dispute often erupts because of the other parent's opposition to such a big change for the kids. In most states, if a parent wants to move the...
Why Mediation Is a Good Idea
by Gerald Williams
19 Apr 2009 at 8:52pm
Family law mediation is a forum in which a neutral party (the mediator) meets with parties to help facilitate a settlement of the disputed issues or, in the alternative, to rule out settlement exhaustively, and help the parties reach an...
Financial Attrition
by Gerald Williams
7 Apr 2009 at 5:30pm
The goal of family courts is to render court orders (or approve parties' stipulations) that address a child's best interests (regarding custody and parenting time) or a fair and equitable settlement (regarding property and finances). In the process of a...
Veto Power
by Gerald Williams
14 Mar 2009 at 9:12am
If you have an issue or dispute that must be addressed by the family court, in almost all instances you have one or more opportunities, before the family court issues a decision, to reach a resolution with the opposing party,...
When The Court Reserves Alimony or Spousal Maintenance
by Gerald Williams
1 Mar 2009 at 7:08pm
In family court, there are cases in which the court grants spousal maintenance (i.e., alimony), and there are cases in which the court denies spousal maintenance. There are also cases in which the court RESERVES spousal maintenance. When the court...
Financial Early Neutral Evaluation
by Gerald Williams
16 Feb 2009 at 5:12pm
Financial Early Neutral Evaluation (FENE) is a process that is similar to Early Neutral Evaluation for custody and parenting time issues (which is sometimes referred to as Social Early Neutral Evaluation (SENE), to distinguish it from Financial Early Neutral Evaluation)....
Early Neutral Evaluation
by Gerald Williams
1 Feb 2009 at 8:16pm
If parents have a dispute, or potential dispute, about child custody or parenting time, the Early Neutral Evaluation (ENE) is a great option with a high success rate. The ENE model works as follows: the parties meet with a team...
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